Marko says Max Mosley would fix F1

As F1 speeds towards its next battleground, the debate about the very future of the sport will also resume in Malaysia.

After the Melbourne opener, Red Bull furiously slammed the current regulations and threatened to pull out if they are not changed soon.

"According to our research," Dr Helmut Marko told Speed Week, "the television viewing decline in 2014 was 26 per cent.

"So if that keeps happening and the regulations stay the same, then we must ask: what is the sporting and commercial value of formula one?"

The Austrian insists he is not just railing against Red Bull's performance deficit in 2015, but the appearance that the cars are "easy to drive".

"This is an argument not only we are making," Marko insists. "Any rookie can now be immediately competitive because the cars are easy to master on the limit and also in terms of power the GP2 cars are almost the same."